![Color photograph of runners participating in the inaugural Always Ready 5K, Oct. 15, 2022, during the on-base segment at Training Center Cape May. Three Coast Guard cutters are moored behind the runners.](https://nationalcoastguardmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/7471959-900x675.jpg)
Come MEET MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM TEAM at our official race booth
Museum Connections
Historic Highlight, Featured Figure, Artifact, and exhibits that correlate to this event.
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Historic Highlight
Manhattan Beach Training Center
Enlisted Basic Training of WWIIThe Manhattan Beach Training Station in Brooklyn, New York served as a surge force boot camp from 1942-1945. Black and white recruits trained there together, which made the facility a trailblazer for future military integration. -
Feature Figure
Commander Jack Dempsey
Former Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Dempsey joined the Coast Guard Reserve in 1942, where he served as the Director of Physical Education throughout World War II. In this role, Commander Dempsey also provided much-needed morale for the troops overseas, as in this exhibition match that he refereed aboard the USS Wakefield. -
Artifact
Coast Guard Marathon Inaugural Medal
CG Heritage Asset CollectionFinisher's medal from the inaugural Coast Guard Marathon, March 2022. Gifted by a former member of the National Coast Guard Museum staff.
![Photo: Drill sergeant motivates a group of cadets. Photo from rear of cadet grouping.](https://nationalcoastguardmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EPYPXC-scaled.jpg)
Museum Storyline Excerpt
Since the merging of its legacy services into a single entity, the Coast Guard’s modern operations have been both diverse and wide-reaching. With a steadfast resolve to complete dynamic and essential missions around the world, its members will continually uphold the Coast Guard’s core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty, now and in the future.